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The Hazards of Being a Transcriptionist

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. Thanks! Although transcriptionists don’t run the same health risks as other professions, there are still some very real health problems that transcriptionists can run into. One is aching and hurting wrists. Many people who type day in and day out end up developing arthritis in their hands and have to have surgery done to repair the damage (my mother just underwent hand surgery for this reason–hi … Continue reading →

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

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Here’s my sage piece of advice for the day: Don’t quit your day job just yet. Work-at-home jobs typically take a while to send out that first paycheck (if you missed the reasoning behind that, please check this article out for more info) and so if you leave your steady office job counting on the paychecks from your work-at-home job to kick in quickly, you could hit a rough patch. But there is also the fact that although the work-at-home job seems like perfection personified, some people end up really not liking it. Strange, I know, and I wouldn’t believe … Continue reading →

A Downside to Working from Home

I was recently talking to my friend, Laura, about the differences between working from home and working at a normal office desk job. She had quit her office job over a year ago so she could work from home as a transcriptionist and she has noticed a big difference in a lot of different aspects; some good, some bad. One downfall is that as a transcriptionist, Laura is paid on production (per line) which means if she isn’t working, she isn’t getting paid! She told me, “I did work hard at my old office, but the difference there is that … Continue reading →